{"product_id":"twenty-observations-on-a-world-in-turmoil-hardback-9780745653969","title":"Twenty Observations on a World in Turmoil (Hardback) 9780745653969","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTwenty Observations on a World in Turmoil\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eUlrich Beck (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780745653969, Polity Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 7 September 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e140 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.4 x 14.5 x 2 cm, 0.336 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Beck is one of the most influential sociological theorists alive today, and not just in the academic sphere.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eCanadian Journal of Sociology\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The astonishingly diverse world in turmoil is here trenchantly dissected by \u003ci\u003ethe\u003c\/i\u003e analyst of risk and uncertainty.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Urry, Lancaster University\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eTranslated by Ciaran Cronin.  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe world is a state of turmoil. From the financial crisis to the chaos in the eurozone, from the Arab uprisings to protests in Athens, Barcelona, New York and elsewhere, many of the familiar frameworks are collapsing and we have to find new ways to orient ourselves in a world undergoing rapid change. Of course, it is necessary for political leaders to address local issues and react to people’s specific demands, but without a cosmopolitan outlook, such a reaction is likely to be inadequate. Ulrich Beck’s \u003ci\u003eTwenty-one Observations on a World in Turmoil\u003c\/i\u003e is a demonstration of cosmopolitan politics in practice. It is more than a mirror: it is a magnifying glass that brings into focus the processes that are transforming our world and highlights the great challenges we face today.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e ‘Global domestic politics’, the concept introduced and developed by Beck, is much more than a political theory, a philosophical utopia (or dystopia), a governance programme or a mental state: it is the reality of our times. Beck turns the argument that ‘global domestic politics’ is an unrealistic ideology on its head, arguing that it is the proponents of the national who are the idealists. They view reality through the obsolete lenses of the nation-state and thus cannot see the profound global changes that are transforming our reality. Global domestic politics is therefore a perspective, a political reality and a normative idea. And it is the critical theory of our times since it challenges the most profound truths which we hold dear: the truths of the nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Twenty Observations on a World in Turmoil\u003cbr\u003e 1. Mushrooms and Other Flowers of Capitalism\u003cbr\u003e 2. All aboard the Nuclear Power Superjet Ð Just Don't Ask about the Landing Strip\u003cbr\u003e 3. This Appalling Injustice!\u003cbr\u003e 4. Harm in Exchange for Money\u003cbr\u003e 5. Illegal World Citizens\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Cards of Power Are Being Reshuffled across the World\u003cbr\u003e 7. Felt Peace and Waged War\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Return of Social Darwinism or: Which University Do We Want?\u003cbr\u003e 9. A Kind of Berlin Wall Has Again Collapsed\u003cbr\u003e 10. German Euro-Nationalism\u003cbr\u003e 11. Beyond the Aeroplane\u003cbr\u003e 12. Global Domestic Politics from below: How Global Families Are Becoming Normal\u003cbr\u003e 13. The Environmental Storm on the Bastille\u003cbr\u003e 14. Without Buddha I Could Not Be a Christian\u003cbr\u003e 15. The Caterpillar's Mistake: Fukushima and the End of Nuclear Power\u003cbr\u003e 16. It's Time to Get Angry, Europe. Create the Europe of Citizens Now!\u003cbr\u003e 17. Powerless but Legitimate: the Occupy Movement in the Financial Crisis\u003cbr\u003e 18. Cooperate or Bust! The Existential Crisis of the European Union\u003cbr\u003e 19. What Is Meant by Global Domestic Politics?\u003cbr\u003e 20. 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